However, the ring of friends is a different project, a project which is not concerned with the enlargement of the Union but which still offers a relationship of close cooperation, which offers gradual integration, which genuinely offers the Union and the countries around it a future of economic and political security.
Mais l'anneau de pays amis est une tout autre affaire qui ne concerne pas l'élargissement de l'Union, mais qui offre pourtant un rapport de collaboration solide, une intégration progressive, un véritable avenir économique et de sécurité politique, à nous-mêmes et aux pays qui nous entourent.